The best seat in China

摘要

The lady next to me narrowed her eyes slightly, signalling both her failed understanding and the end to our superficial lift chat. Let me explain. I live in Beijing and I had just expressed the somewhat controversial opinion that I don't mind the construction work surrounding the apartments in which she and I both live. In fact, I like it Indeed, it was one of the reasons I chose to live there in the first place. From my living room window, without any effort whatsoever, I have a bird's-eye view of at least seven major construction sites and further afield five more towers are in various stages of development.